Item 135812 - Top hat, Portland, ca. 1870
- Item 135812 - Top hat, Portland, ca. 1870
- Contributed by Maine Historical Society
- Item 135812
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Image Info Made by hat maker Robert F. Somers & Co., in Portland, the box that this top hat rests indicates it belonged to Samuel D. Plummer of the Eastern Promenade area of the city.
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Top hats are often associated with beaver fur, but this one, made long after the beaver fur trade had crashed, was created from silk.
